END OF SERIES SPECIAL: This week Mark shares why Pablo Escobar’s brother is suing Apple for $2.6b, Greg talks about a malicious ‘Octopus Scanner’ targeting developers on Github and Duck discusses the “Sign in with Apple” account takeover flaw. Host Anna Brading is joined by Sophos experts Paul Ducklin, Mark Stockley and Greg Iddon. Listen […]
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Github uncovers malicious scanner targeting developers
GitHub has uncovered a form of malware that spreads via infected repositories on its system.
GitHub users targetted by Sawfish phishing campaign
GitHub users beware: online criminals have launched a phishing campaign to try and gain access to your accounts.
GitHub launches Security Lab to boost open source security
The idea is simple – create a global platform for reporting and fixing vulnerabilities in open source projects before they do damage.
Copy-and-paste sharing on Stack Overflow spreads insecure code
It’s the time-saving technique employed by many coders – copy and paste code from crowd-sourcing ‘Q&A’ websites. But is it always secure?
Hackers are infecting WordPress sites via a defunct plug-in
If you’re a WordPress admin using a plug-in called Rich Reviews, you’ll want to uninstall it. Now.
GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts.
Millions of Venmo transactions scraped (again)
Not much has changed since a year ago, when a bot was tweeting out publicly visible Venmo “drug” deals from the public-by-default company.
Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day
Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly accessible user credentials.
Windows Calculator is going open source
Can the combined power of the world’s developers possibly improve the iconic Windows Calculator app? Microsoft seems to think so.